This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over South Main Street (Southbound Business US Route 51) in Decatur

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1933

by

Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Company of Decatur, Illinois and Cope & Fisher of Decatur, Illinois

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-60' and 2-19' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over South Main Street (Southbound Business US Route 51)

Significance:

This modern steel stringer bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over Illinois Route 105 (South Side Drive) on the south side of Decatur

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1962

by

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
1-52', 1-39', 1-33' and 1-30' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Illinois Route 105 (South Side Drive)

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over Illinois Route 48 (Oakland Avenue) on the northwest side of Decatur

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1934

by

Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Company of Decatur, Illinois and Cope & Fisher of Decatur, Illinois

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-53' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Illinois Route 48 (Oakland Avenue)

Significance:

This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over an unnamed ditch along Illinois Route 48 southwest of Boody

Boody, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1906

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan and Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
42' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed ditch

Significance:

This large through plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over US Route 36 (West Eldorado Street)

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1937

by

Unknown and Cope & Fisher of Decatur, Illinois

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
84' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over US Route 36 (West Eldorado Street)

Significance:

This attractive concrete encased beam bridge carries the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over Lake Shore Drive

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

Shesshley & Janney of Johnstown, Pennsylvania

for

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Design:
43' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Lake Shore Drive

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over Prairie Avenue in Decatur

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1915

by

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-19' and 2-8' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Prairie Avenue

Significance:

This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over Nevada Road along Illinois Route 48 southwest of Boody

Boody, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1906

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan and Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
42' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Nevada Road

Significance:

This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over a branch of Mosquito Creek along Illinois Route 48 northeast of Blue Mound

Blue Mound, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1915 using a span fabricated 1905

by

Unknown and William P. Carmichael Company of St. Louis, Missouri

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
30' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Branch of Mosquito Creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over Grand Avenue in Decatur

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1957

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and H.H. Mass Construction Company of Algonquin, Illinois

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Grand Avenue

Significance: